RIME 4.04.01.08, ex. 23 (P274618)

Official or display tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1924-0641

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

81.0 mm × 81.0 mm × 42.0 mm

Witness

Text

object cone
surface a
1. {d}lugal-banda3{da} dingir-ra-ni-ir
2. {d}nin-sun2 ama-a-ni-ir
3. {d}suen-ga-szi-id
4. lugal unu{ki}-ga lugal am-na-nu-um
5. u2-a e2-an-na u4 e2-an-na
6. mu-du3-a
7. e2 kankal e2 ki-tusz
8. sza3-hul2-la-ka-ne-ne
9. mu-ne-en-du3
10. bala nam-lugal-la-ka-ne2
11. 3(asz) sze gur-ta 1(u) 2(disz) ma-na siki-ta
12. 1(u) ma-na uruda-ta 3(ban2) i3-gesz-ta
13. ganba ma-da-na-ka
14. ku3-babbar 1(disz) gin2-e
15. he2-eb2-da-sa10
16. mu-a-ni mu he2-gal2-la he2-a

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Collections

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 81.0 high × 81.0 wide × 42.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Official or display (witness)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: RIME 4, 04.01.08, ex. 23

[Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.
history: MVN 10, 45

[Gregoire1981MVN10] Grégoire, Jean-Pierre. 1981. Inscriptions et Archives Administratives Cunéiformes (1e Partie). Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 10. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.
history: AAICAB 1/1, pl. 013, 1924-641

[Gregoire1996-PV962282] Grégoire, Jean-Pierre. 1996. Archives Administratives et Inscriptions Cunéiformes: Ashmolean Museum, Bodleian Collection, Oxford. Part 1/1. Contribution à l’histoire Sociale, Économique, Politique et Culturelle Du Proche-Orient Ancien. Paris: Libraire orientaliste Paul Geuthner.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: Ashm 1924-0641
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Sin-kashid.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-06-06 at 13:33:22	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-06-29 at 14:59:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-29 at 14:33:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2012-09-28 at 18:26:08	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2005-09-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Johnson, J. Cale; Niederreiter, Zoltán		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P274618) (P274618)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
RIME 4.04.01.08 composite (P448524)	View the score

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 4.04.01.08, Ex. 23 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 6, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P274618.

RIME 4.04.01.08, ex. 23 artifact entry (No. P274618). (2025, June 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P274618 (Original work published 2005)

RIME 4.04.01.08, ex. 23 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P274618 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 6},
	title = {RIME 4.04.01.08, ex. 23 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P274618},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P274618},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“RIME 4.04.01.08, Ex. 23 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 6, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P274618.

RIME 4.04.01.08, ex. 23 artifact entry (No. P274618). (2025, June 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P274618 (Original work published 2005)

RIME 4.04.01.08, ex. 23 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P274618 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).

@misc{2025RIME,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jun 6},
	title = {RIME 4.04.01.08, ex. 23 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P274618},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P274618},
}

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PY  - 2025
ID  - P274618
LB  - CDLI:P274618
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - RIME 4.04.01.08, ex. 23 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P274618
ER  -